My name is Nigel Thomas Bowers and I live in Biddulph, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. I started researching my family and created a web site http://www.nigelbowers.co.uk
I would like to see this blog used as a potential contact site for anyone who my think they are related or would like to more about researching a family tree.
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Friday, September 28, 2012

American Soldiers in Biddulph World War 2

You never know...well buying some chips at Shepherd Street, Biddulph we got chatting about americans in Biddulph during world war 2 and they used the old wood yard next door. I had done a little bit of research on the subject and here are some links:

I can confirm that
elements of the 87th Infantry Division, specifically the
345th Infantry Regiment (my father’s regiment), stayed in Biddulph
for a short while before embarking to France.

From an official
standpoint, this is documented in our history book, which you can download
here: